Combined drag and land-leveler



No. 62|,584. Patented Mar. 2|, I899. L. B. REEDS.

COMBINED DRAG AND LAND LEVELEB.

(Application filed Dec. 20, 1898.)

(No Model.)

rue Ncnms PEYERS ca. PHOTO-LXTHO, WASHINGTON, n c.

'NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

L-UGIAN B. REEDS, OF CRUTCHFIELD, KENTUCKY.

COMBINED DRAG AND LAND-LEVELER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,584, dated March21, 1899. Application filed December 20,1898. Serial No. 699,795. (Nomodel.)

1'0 ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUOIANB. Rnnns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Orutchfield, in the county of Fulton and State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Drag andLand-Leveler; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention has relation to a combined drag and land-leveler; and theobject is to provide a device of this character which shall be simple ofconstruction, durable in use, and by means of which the ground will bethoroughly harrowed and holes and ruts covered over and the landgenerally smoothed or leveled.

VVit-h this object in view the invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combination of parts,which will be hereinafter fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of mycombined harrow and land-leveler. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectionalview.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the side pieces of themachine, the underedges of which are provided with stepped recesses 2, in which aresecured the ends of the drag-bars 3. The

forward ends of the side pieces are beveled and have secured to them aninclined board 4, and immediately at the rear of this inclined board isa harrow-tooth bar 5, provided with harrow-teeth 6.

7 denotes a board arranged at the rear edge of the harrow-tooth bar andabove the forward edge of the forward drag-bar. The forward edge of thisdrag-bar is preferablybeveled or slanting, so that as it is draggedalong it will scoop up loose dirt and lead it up between twoeross-boards 8, which form the hopper. 7

It is evident that as the harrow is dragged along the dirt which isgathered into this hopper will fall out into ruts or depressions in theland, and thereby smooth or level the ground.

A handle 9 is secured to the rear crosspiece of the barrow-frame toafford means for tilting the harrow to allow the harrow-teeth to freethemselves of grass, weeds, and rubbish that will cling thereto.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat-- out, is

The combination with the side pieces having stepped recesses, drag-bars,the ends of which are secured in said recesses,'an inclined boardsecured to the forward ends of the side pieces, a barrow-tooth barsecured to the under side of the side pieces immediately at the rear ofthe inclined board, a board secured at the rear of the barrow-tooth bar,leaving a space between it and the forward edge of the forward drag-bar,and boards extending transversely across the frame to form a hopper intowhich the dirt may be pushed as the machine is drawn along,andfrom'which it may fall as the machine passes over depressions or rutsin the ground, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit-- nesses.

LUCIAN B. REEDS.

Witnesses:

E. O. REEDs, I J. B. PRESTWOOD.

